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and to provide heavy ordnance adant,
ed to modern naval warfare. NJ
Reed asked immediate consideration ~
the bill, but Mr.. Holman objected. After !
long discussion the bill was referred To tbs
committee on appropriations. The speaker
laid before the house the senate bill provid.
ing for the manufacture OF ordinance for
army purposes, and making a~ppropr;a.
tions for coast defenses. This was likewise
referred to the committee on appropria.
lions. Eulogies were pronounced upon the
late Representative Price OF Wisconsin.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 1O.-The presidip,
officer presented resolutions of a Joint cor.
v~ention OF the house of the general assembly,
Of Indiana" (Republ1can members) protesting
against the validity of the election OF David
Turpie as United States senator Referred
to the committee on privileges and elections
Also a message from the house of repre-.
sentativeS, with a substitute, for the senate
Chinese indemnity bill Mr.. Edmunds said
that the two bills amounted to the same
purpose, except that perhaps the house sui.
Stltute did 1t in a more simple way. He
moved that the substitute be Concurred in
Agreed to. The bill to establish a sub.
treasury at Louisville was reported adj
versely. Bills introduced:
BY Mr.. Cullom, to amend the Revised Statutes
8 JlhS ~ DGlbOhb small 10 uoBdIEeu from receive
ing a patent for his invention or discovery, nor
any patent be declared invalid by reason Of its
having been first patented in a foreign country.
unless TIE same has been introduced into pub.
! &c 4.o IN the United States for more than two
years prior to the application. By Mr.. Sabiu
authorizing the secretary OF the interior to per-
init persons who are engaged in cutting logs on
small streams that flow through Indian reserva-
tiOns to make such necessary improvements In
clearing out rocks or building dams as NAV be
required to float the logs through rapids or shall
low places.
The house bill to provide for the location
and erection of & branch home for disabled
volunteer soldiers west of the Rocky Noun
tains (~apprOpriating 500. 0O0) was amended
by the adoption Of a substitute appropriating
,OOO, and providing for ten instead OF
nine managers, one of them to be a resident
of a state or territory west of the Rocky
Mountains, and appointing James A. Way
mier of San Francisco to serve ss manager
up to April, 1892. The bill as thus amend
ed was passed, and a conference asked The
house bill relating to the importing and
landing of mackerel caught during the
spawning season passed-34 to 11-and a
conference was ordered The Eads Tehaun-
JepeC bill was considered.
THE LOWER HOUSE. ~
Mr.. Merriman IN. ~ was appointed a
member of the committee ON naval affairs,
10 fill the vacancy caused by the resignation
OF Mr.. Hewitt. Wednesday next was set
aside for the delivery of eulOgies upon the
late Senator Logan. The speaker announced
the appointment of Mr.. Hammond as one of
the COnterrees upon the anti-MOrmon bill, in
place Of Mr.. Tucker, who has been called
away on account of the death of his daugh-
ter at Natchez, Miss. The consular and Dip
lomatic appropriation bill was considered.
Mr.. Allen, a Democratic member from Mis-
sissippI, mildly criticised the Democrats for
making larger appropriationsfO for Democratic
than Republican administrations MI. Bel
mont said:
The bill WAS an increase over the actual
amount carried by the bill Of last year Of $780,
600, but the increased collections to the treas
ury under 1t would, at the lowest estimate, b8
$4,000.
Mr.. Henderson, from the committee on
military affairs, reported a bill against the
Salt Lake & Fort Douglas right of way
across the Fort Douglas military reservation
in Utah.
The senate bill for negotiation with the
Shoshone and Bannock tribes of indians for
REIMBURSEMENT OF title to such Of the lands
Of the Fort Hall reservation as required for
the uses and purposes of the Utah & North
ern and the Oregon Short Line passed the
senate.
The house bill empowering the Fort Worth
& Denver to construct and operate a railway
| through the Indian Territory was passed
A motion to reconsider the vote passing it
was entered by Mr., Platt 80 that he might
have time to examine it
HOUSE.
The house has agreed to the senate amend
ments to the bill allowing the Manitoba
right of way through the Fort BerUhold res
~ervation, and, having been signed by the
speaker of the house and president of the
senate, it has gone to the president for his
approval. A gentleman from Dakota says
that the road has already been graded across
the reservation, and has only awaited this
action of congress for other equipment
Those who have talked with the president
upon the subject say the bill will be signed
at once.
SENATE
The amendment to the postofice bib
was adopted by the following vote:
YEAS re.